The high-profile celebrity sightings bring to mind the days when TV show and film productions were everywhere in South Florida, practically tripping over one another.

And yet those days are not back.

With the state no longer offering tax incentives — and the region’s once-booming TV and film industry in decline — South Florida county and city officials say they are doing what they can to entice productions and contain the losses.

Miami-Dade County, for example, has launched an incentives program for film and entertainment projects. Among the criteria, productions must spend at least $1 million in the county for payroll; hire at least 50 Miami-Dade residents as main cast and crew members; and make sure at least 70 percent of the production is filmed in the county.

The rebate for productions that qualify is $100,000.

“This incentive is not meant to replace what the state had, it’s meant to stem the bleeding of what we had here,” said Sandy Lighterman, director of the Office of Film and Entertainment in Miami-Dade County.

Between 2010 and 2013, productions spent about $350 million to $450 million a year in Miami-Dade before dropping to about $150 million as TV shows such as USA’s “Graceland” left in 2015, Lighterman said.

“And that was when the real dip happened,” she said. “Each one that ended, we lost and [had] nothing to replace them.”

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Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is seen on the set of "Baywatch" in Deerfield Beach, which was transformed into Emerald Bay for the movie.

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is seen on the set of "Baywatch" in Deerfield Beach, which was transformed into Emerald Bay for the movie. (Joe Cavaretta / Sun Sentinel)

With the county’s new program in place, productions “are just starting to realize that we have an incentive,” she added. “The productions that come in 2018 will get those incentives … We anticipate this program will be able to stem the loss of our crew, acting talent and supporting businesses.”

In October, Miami Beach city commissioners approved streamlined film and photography guidelines as well as a $100,000 cash incentive that would be used as a seed fund to draw more productions.

“We are in the middle of a crusade to bring the film and production industry back to Miami Beach and have really made some very significant strides in terms of amending our guidelines,” said Eva Silverstein, director of Tourism, Culture & Economic Development for Miami Beach.

The guidelines include items such as easier access to parking for qualified production companies and a reduction in signed consents for low impact road or lane closures, according to the city.

“This industry has been a critical economic driver, press and publicity indicator, and tourism influencer for decades – and we are dedicated to revitalizing the landscape of Miami Beach, making this the most film-friendly town in America,” added Silverstein.

Other municipalities also have put plans in place.

In June, North Miami approved a program that would reimburse 30 percent of costs for productions shot in the city’s redevelopment area. Doral is looking to start its own rebate program in January, said Lighterman.

“People want to shoot where they have a good experience, and I think that most productions that come here have a good experience,’’ she said. “You have to get them here first.”

Meanwhile, the film commissions for Broward and Palm Beach counties continue to push their own efforts.

The Greater Fort Lauderdale CVB Underground’s film, music, fashion & create division has had a cash-based rebate program in place for five years for film, TV and print productions that shoot in the county, said vice president Noelle Stevenson.

The program, which she said was launched to accompany the state’s former tax credit program, was designed “to better assist these productions. Our goal is to always make it easy for them,” said Stevenson, whose office also oversees the incentives and permitting process for Broward’s municipalities.

Broward once was the site of USA’s “Graceland” and A&E’s “The Glades,” as well as the movie “Ride Along 2,” which also shot in Miami-Dade.

“[Broward] can play for a lot of different national places. We have locations that look like another place, whether it’s Australia or Georgia or Brazil,” said Stevenson. “It just happens to be that Broward is designed that way, and productions appreciate it because they don’t have to pack up to get that shot.”

Broward was the backdrop for the “Baywatch” remake that was shot last year in Deerfield Beach, as was Palm Beach County, with scenes filmed at South Inlet Park in Boca Raton.

Palm Beach County has also had an incentive program for productions since 2014. The initiative, known as the Tourism Branded Content Sponsorship Program, “is our way of bringing productions to the community and to continue to grow productions here in the Palm Beaches with the lack of state incentives,” said Phyllis Man, development and marketing producer for the Palm Beach County Film and Television Commission.

She said “it’s been challenging without the [state] incentives,” but Palm Beach County continues to draw TV productions.

Earlier this year, Comedy Central shot two episodes of “Broad City” in Delray Beach, and the BBC filmed parts of its “Blue Planet II” series in Jupiter’s DuBois Park, Carlin Park and Jupiter Beach Park.

“We have miles of beach coastline and we have west to Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades,” Man said. “We have a lot of backdrops that are perfect for productions.”